New article: “Tra realtà e immaginazione. Brevi note e riflessioni a partire dall’evoluzione del concetto di spazio in matematica.” by Ugo Gianazza and Luca Magri pupilla.org/preprints/20...

youtu.be/_BrFKp-U8GI?... #sollewitt via @3blue1brown.com

Archimedes: "Every cylinder whose base is the greatest circle in a sphere and whose height is equal to the diameter of the sphere has a volume equal to 3/2 the volume of the sphere." Cicero found Archimedes' tomb ~137 yrs later with his famous theorem represented. #Mathematics #MathSky #Geometry

“…not only faith and reason, but […] “open thought,” which neither closes nor severs but opens and connects.” www.commonwealmagazine.org/francis-hear... by @antoniospadaro.bsky.social

Mary, Mother of Innocents flic.kr/p/2ro1PcN

Delighted to see pupilla.org launched. A new, multidisciplinary, dialogue-focused preprint archive that @pezike.bsky.social and I have been working on. Do take a look at it and let us know if you would like to contribute/collaborate!

Excited to launch something @janmorovic.bsky.social and I have been working on called pupilla.org, read more about it here: medium.com/@pezike/pupi...

L’altrove è già qui [Alice Rohrwacher] medium.com/@pezike/l-al...

@pezike.bsky.social and I have written a book for children about the lives of 39 saints from around the world. It is now in print and available from New City Publishing here: www.newcity.co.uk/books/the-sa... Free colouring pages for kids are also available from the website ☺️

Fighting AI Hallucinations One Citation at a Time: Introducing the LLM Citation Verifier dwflanagan.com/blog/llm-cit...

This is the optimal sphere packing in two dimensions. www.quantamagazine.org/new-sphere-p...

“A foundation model to predict and capture human cognition” Very interesting paper published in Nature about fine tuning an LLM on 10M human choices from 160 psychology experiments. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09215-4

I was today years old when I learned that there are organisms (e.g., Shewanella oneidensis) that “breathe” metals (e.g., iron) rather that oxygen 🤯 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissimi...

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."  -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

“It is not enough to exclude war; we must create the conditions in which every people feels they can love another’s homeland as their own, in a mutual and selfless exchange of gifts.” Chiara Lubich United Nations (1977)

Back in 2005, Jobs spent months trying to figure out what to say to Stanford’s graduates. Newly released materials show how he went from hopelessly flailing to delivering a talk for the ages. www.wired.com/story/how-st...

I'm happy to share my first ever dictionary, which is also the first ever Occitan - Polish dictionary! I've created a bilingual dictionary of the 100 Swadesh list terms using Lexonomy, a great tool for creating dictionaries. It's accessible and browsable through this link: lexonomy.eu#/oci-pol

Unbounded ayebeleef.design.blog/2025/06/02/u...

“Any honest life starts as punk [angst, the soul’s cry for mercy, salvation, for wholeness] and ends as prayer” (the interviewer) via @josepbofill.bsky.social youtu.be/KVO5t_sasOI?...

Delighted to receive a copy of the Chinese translation of my book! Originally published in English by New City Publishing, it tells the story of Chiara Lubich’s mystical experiences—written especially for children. I’m so happy it’s now reaching new readers in a different part of the world. 😊🌏

Patterning on Living Tardigrades | Nano Letters pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

God, the wasteful sower ayebeleef.design.blog/2025/05/26/g...

Listen so as not to judge ayebeleef.design.blog/2025/05/14/l...

“…when somebody unwrapped that box and took out that cable and they thought somebody gave a sh*t about me, I think that’s a spiritual thing.” … “what used to depress me is this sense that solving a functional imperative, then we’re done. But of course that’s not enough.” youtu.be/wLb9g_8r-mE?...

God speaks himself in sheer silence ayebeleef.design.blog/2025/05/10/g...

“… creating informal settings where designers could build personal relationships, which translated directly into the care embedded in the company's products. According to Ive, these rituals were foundational to Apple's approach to creating user experiences. "Make things for each other," he said.”

A community of Jesus’ friends ayebeleef.design.blog/2025/05/09/a...

Habemus Papam! ayebeleef.design.blog/2025/05/08/h...

Unstoppable Force and Immovable Object https://xkcd.com/3084/ Unstoppable force-carrying particles can't interact with immovable matter by definition. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3084

"His care for creation matched his kindness for frail humanity. But above all, I appreciated his emphasis upon #synodality" @churchesengland.bsky.social Chair Rev Dr Callan Slipper's personal reflection on Pope Francis, whom he met in Rome in 2014 cte.org.uk/pope-francis... #ChristianUnity

Thank you, Pope Francis! ayebeleef.design.blog/2025/04/21/t...

Happy Easter ☺️

The Merciful Father https://flic.kr/p/2qYy1GY

Vatican puts ‘God’s architect’ Antoni Gaudí on path to sainthood

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from "The Matrix," scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date.

Antoni Gaudí (center) in front of the Sagrada Família in 1905.

Model If this cartoon tickles your fancy, I can draw one just for you. www.worldofmoose.com/products/eve...

The Most Controversial Rule In Math www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cr4...

Rowan Williams: the Jony Ive of sacred music / Bach youtu.be/44O7q5vWfbQ?...

Seven set Venn diagram https://moebio.com/research/sevensets/

This is genius :) yogajoes.com

Great, insightful shorts by Rowan Williams - well worth watching: youtu.be/Iot5QTlomhU?... youtu.be/0cyw89HeeRE?... youtu.be/hyAbTGehTwc?...

Ganglion

Something Strange Happens When You Trust Quantum Mechanics www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJZ1...

“You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work back to the technology.” Steve Jobs (still true today) youtu.be/oeqPrUmVz-o?...